MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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